Eastern’s mission and faculty

New Faculty OrientationAugust 27, 2012

Eastern’s facultyStaff sizeFull-time faculty: 193Adjunct/part-time faculty: 264Student/Teacher Ratio: 16 to 1 97% of full-time faculty hold terminal degrees Faculty stay here:

Swanson,Timothy Alan Associate Professor Physical Sciences 9/1/1966 Holowaty,William P. Professor Athletics 9/1/1968 Lemons,Robert Mccord Professor Performing Arts 9/1/1971 Elliott,Phillip F. Professor Biology 8/30/1977 Levin,Martin A. Professor Biology 1/15/1978 Pachis,Dimitrios S. Professor Economics 8/30/1978 Wynn,Charles Martin Professor Physical Sciences 8/24/1979 Ricklin,Leslie Perfect Professor Education 1/15/1980 Switchenko,Daniel Bruce Professor Health and Phys Educ 8/31/1981 Trawick-Smith,Jeffrey Professor - Endowed Chair Education 8/20/1982 Wolf,Robert J. Associate Professor Sociology 8/20/1982

Voluntary turnover ratesFaculty: 4.0%Other staff: 6.0%

Eastern’s 2008-2013 Strategic PlanThe role of the faculty in fulfillingEastern’s mission.

http://www.easternct.edu/strategicplanning/pdf/StrategicReport2008-2013_AbridgedVersion.pdf

Eastern’s mission

Eastern Connecticut State University is the state’s designated public liberal arts college. Within the Connecticut State University System, Eastern, a predominantly undergraduate institution, attracts and welcomes a diverse community of learners, supported by a teaching faculty, staff, administrators, and a residential campus, all of which promote intellectual curiosity, integrity, and social responsibility.

Core valuesAs members of a learning and teaching community committed to academic excellence, we the faculty, students, staff and administration of Eastern Connecticut State University, the state’s public liberal arts institution, share this set of values:

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE: Eastern embraces rigorous academic standards and intellectual inquiry as a benchmark for educational achievement for all of its students, faculty, and staff. This expectation informs every mode of learning on campus, from individual courses and degree programs to university presentations and cultural events.

ENGAGEMENT:Members of the university community develop intellectually, creatively and socially through active and reflective learning in and outside the classroom, interdisciplinary studies, and individual and collaborative research.

INCLUSION:Eastern is committed to providing educational access while building a campus community that embraces diversity and differences, enriched by a global perspective.

Core valuesINTEGRITY:Members of the university community are expected to behave ethically and honorably. Learning encompasses both intellectual and character development.

EMPOWERMENT:Eastern fosters a safe, nurturing environment that promotes intellectual curiosity, student achievement and lifelong learning. Through rigorous inquiry and personal interaction, members of the community grow confident as independent, critical thinkers.

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY:Social responsibility is promoted and encouraged at Eastern through service to those in need, being active in the community, protecting our natural resources, engaging in the democratic political process, and other socially responsible actions. Social responsibility includes an ethical commitment to oneself and the community at large.

18 strategic plan initiativesStudent Success

•1.2 Develop and implement an Expanding Horizons requirement. Global field courses •1.3 Promote involvement in the local community through the creation of a Center for Community Engagement.

•1.4 Fully implement the “Liberal Arts Work!” requirement. •3.1 Create a Student Success Center that emphasizes advising and support.

– Student Success Center – Advising Center – Policies for Success – Project Compass

•3.2 Develop and implement a digital portfolio/experiential transcript requirement.

18 strategic plan initiativesInnovative Academic Initiatives

•1.1 Fully implement and integrate the Liberal Arts Core and the First-Year Program. •2.1 Develop and implement an academic plan. Faculty research and creative activity

High impact practices: EES and CECE•2.2 Implement an Exemplary Program process to identify and support distinctive academic programs. •2.3 Develop and implement an enrollment management plan in support of academic excellence.

18 strategic plan initiativesA Learning-Centered Campus

•3.3 Promote Eastern’s campus culture.

•3.4 Utilize the Student Center to promote Eastern’s cultural and academic objectives.

•3.5 Expand intramural and recreation offerings.

•3.6 Establish a residential environment that promotes Eastern’s culture and supports its emphasis on academic excellence.

18 strategic plan initiativesInstitutional Support

•4.1 Support Eastern’s 2008–2013 Strategic Plan through development and implementation of a Physical Master Plan.

•4.2 Develop and implement an Information Technology Plan.

•4.3 Develop and implement an Institutional Advancement Plan to generate assets in support of the University Mission.

•4.4 Develop and implement a University Relations Plan that supports the University Mission.

•4.5 Develop and implement a Comprehensive Diversity Plan.

Eastern’s mission and its faculty

• Faculty are hired, renewed, tenured and promoted based on teaching, research/creative activity, service, professional activity.

Resources to support faculty

• Internal grants and awards• CEE• Every faculty member will have different

needs– resources are available to provide support for teaching, scholarship, service, and professional development.

• Luncheon speaker: Jeffrey Trawick-Smith